Tool for tracing network cables

[getafix33]

Hi

I need to trace and lable a spagetti mess of network cables over about 30-50m in a warehouse environment.

The system is live and they operate 7 days a week so I need to tone/trace on a live system.

Please recommend a tool that will do the job as I think a simple tone tool wont be strong enough.

TIA

 

[envo]

I'm afraid that you are the tool that will do the job.

 

[Geoff.D]

I'm afraid that you are the tool that will do the job.

This.

Disconnect a cable, see what goes dead and then label one by one. Yes it will P off many but there it is, the penalty for not doing a proper job in the first place. AND CREATE a cable record!

Physically? Make a ring with your thumb and forefinger around the cable and go! :crylaugh: :twisted:

 

[Rickster]

Toner and probe but you will need to unplug it for it to work.

 

[KhoisanX]

Depending on your network hardware you may be able to look at the MAC address tables on your switches and match them to the attached devices. ARP would be even easier, but the switches would need to "know" the IP addresses of the connected devices, this would probably require layer 3 switches.

 

[upup]

This is where you need a clever intelligent mouse.

 

[gregmcc]

Depending on your network hardware you may be able to look at the MAC address tables on your switches and match them to the attached devices. ARP would be even easier, but the switches would need to "know" the IP addresses of the connected devices, this would probably require layer 3 switches.

This is the only way without disconnecting cables, but depends on how complicated the setup is. You are going to have issues reading mac's if you have any port-channels configured.

What switches do you have? Hopefully managed switches otherwise its back to disconnecting cables and see which light goes off.

 

[DUDE!@##$%%]

Make a spreadsheet of the node mac addresses and match them to the ports on the switches